In a successful bust against the drug mafia prevailing in the tricity, Police arrested a 32-year-old woman of Pinjore with 78.42 gram of heroin.

The accused was identified as Rekha who worked as a labourer and got into supplying heroin to make easy money. She was arrested near Khuda Lahora bridge in Chandigarh on Sunday.

Police said Rekha had been supplying heroin for the last two years. During preliminary questioning, she told the police that she would get the heroin for ?2,000 per gram from Delhi and sell the same for ?4,000 to ?4,500 in the tricity.

A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered. The accused was on Monday produced before the court and sent to judicial custody.

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